Sengoku Youko
| Sengoku Youko | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 戦国妖狐 (Sengoku Yōko) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Satoshi Mizukami |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Blade Comics |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 28, 2007 – May 20, 2016 |
| Volumes | 17 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masahiro Aizawa |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Evan Call |
| Studio | White Fox |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, ABC, Mētele, BS Asahi |
| Original run | January 11, 2024 – present |
| Episodes | 5 |
Sengoku Youko (Japanese: 戦国妖狐, Hepburn: Sengoku Yōko, lit. 'Warring States Youko') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine from December 2007 to July 2014, and continued on the Comic Blade web manga service from September 2014 to May 2016. An anime television series adaptation produced by White Fox premiered in January 2024.
Characters
- Jinka (迅火)
- Voiced by: Soma Saito
- Tama (たま)
- Voiced by: Yūki Takada
- Shinsuke (真介)
- Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura
- Shakugan (灼岩)
- Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Senya (千夜)
- Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami
- Tsukiko (月湖)
- Voiced by: Maaya Uchida
- Jinun (神雲)
- Voiced by: Kenji Nomura
- Nau (なう)
- Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki
- Dōren (道錬)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada
- Resshin (烈深)
- Voiced by: Kazuki Miyagi
- Mountain God (山の神, Yama no Kami)
- Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki
- Rinzu (りんず)
- Voiced by: Aina Suzuki
- Yazen (野禅)
- Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
- Raidō Zanzō (雷堂斬蔵)
- Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami, Sengoku Youko was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine from December 28, 2007, to July 30, 2014, when the magazine ceased publication. The series continued serialization on the Comic Blade web service from September 16, 2014, to May 20, 2016. Its chapters were collected in 17 tankōbon volumes from August 2008 to June 2016.
The manga is licensed in English by Tokyopop.
Volume list
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 9, 2008 | 978-4-86-127522-7 | April 11, 2023 | 978-1-42-787259-3 |
| 2 | February 10, 2009 | 978-4-86-127590-6 | July 11, 2023 | 978-1-42-787346-0 |
| 3 | November 10, 2009 | 978-4-86-127672-9 | September 26, 2023 | 978-1-42-787418-4 |
| 4 | April 10, 2010 | 978-4-86-127727-6 | November 28, 2023 | 978-1-42-787419-1 |
| 5 | November 10, 2010 | 978-4-86-127785-6 | January 23, 2024 | 978-1-42-787526-6 |
| 6 | March 10, 2011 | 978-4-86-127833-4 | March 19, 2024 | 978-1-42-787535-8 |
| 7 | August 10, 2011 | 978-4-86-127875-4 | — | — |
| 8 | January 10, 2012 | 978-4-86-127932-4 | — | — |
| 9 | July 10, 2012 | 978-4-80-000018-7 | — | — |
| 10 | December 10, 2012 | 978-4-80-000070-5 | — | — |
| 11 | June 10, 2013 | 978-4-80-000170-2 | — | — |
| 12 | December 10, 2013 | 978-4-80-000239-6 | — | — |
| 13 | August 9, 2014 | 978-4-80-000344-7 | — | — |
| 14 | February 10, 2015 | 978-4-80-000414-7 | — | — |
| 15 | August 10, 2015 | 978-4-80-000485-7 | — | — |
| 16 | February 10, 2016 | 978-4-80-000533-5 | — | — |
| 17 | June 10, 2016 | 978-4-80-000585-4 | — | — |
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 10, 2023. It is animated by White Fox and directed by Masahiro Aizawa, with series composition by Jukki Hanada, characters designed by Yosuke Okuda, and music composed by Evan Call. The series premiered on January 11, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks, and is scheduled to consist of three cours for a "complete" adaptation of the manga's two arcs: the "Yo Naoshi Kyōdai-hen" (世直し姉弟編, lit. 'World Reform Siblings Arc') and "Sen Ma Konton-hen" (千魔混沌編, lit. 'Thousand Demons Chaos Arc'). The opening theme song, "Hibana" (Spark), is performed by MindaRyn, while the ending theme song, "Yūyami no Uta" (Song of Twilight), is composed by Yuki Kajiura and performed by Keiko. Crunchyroll licensed the series. Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streaming it on the Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1: World Reform Siblings Arc | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "We Are Those Who Lament This Barbaric Age" Transliteration: "Warera Eansei o Ureumono" (Japanese: 我ら乱世を憂う者) | Kayona Yamada | Jukki Hanada | Masahiro Aizawa | January 11, 2024 | |||||||
| 2 | "Shakugan" Transliteration: "Shakugan" (Japanese: 灼岩) | Katsuya Yoshii | Jukki Hanada | Masahiro Aizawa | January 18, 2024 | |||||||
| 3 | "Year Seven of the Eiroku Period" Transliteration: "Eiroku Nana-nen" (Japanese: 永禄七年) | Hiroto Katō | Jukki Hanada | Masahiro Aizawa | January 25, 2024 | |||||||
| 4 | "Jinka and Humans" Transliteration: "Jinka to Ningen" (Japanese: 迅火と人間) | Yōhei Fukui | Jukki Hanada | Yuzo Sato | February 1, 2024 | |||||||